Requiem Mass in D minor (K. 626)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Academy and Chorus of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

III. Sequentia- Dies irae

Dies irae, dies illa                                    Day of wrath, that day

Solvet saeclum in favilla,                         Will dissolve the earth in ashes

Teste David cum Sibylla.                        As David and the Sibyl bear witness.

Quantus tremor est futurus                        What dread there will

Quando judex est venturus                        When the Judge shall come

Cuncta stricte discussurus.                        To judge all things strictly.

III. Sequentia- Tuba mirum

Tuba mirum spargens sonum                        A trumpet, spreading a wondrous sound

Per sepulcra regionum                                    Through the graves of all lands,

Coget omnes ante thronum.                        Will drive mankind before the throne.

Mors stupebit et natura                        Death and Nature shall be astonished

Cum resurget creatura                                    When all creation rises again

Judicanti responsura.                                    To answer to the Judge.

Liber scriptus proferetur                        A book, written in, will be brought forth

In quo totum continetur,                        In which is contained everything that is

Unde mundus judicetur.                        Out of which the world shall be judged.

Judex ergo cum sedebit                        When therefore the Judge takes His seat

Quidquid latet apparebit,                        Whatever is hidden will reveal itself.

Nil inultum remanebit.                        Nothing will remain unavenged.

Quid sum miser tunc dicturus,            What then shall I say, wretch that I am

Quem patronum rogaturus,                        What advocate entreat to speak for me,

Cum vix justus sit securus?                        When even the righteous may hardly be

                                                                        secure?

III. Sequentia- Recordare, Jesu pie

Recordare, Jesu pie,                                    Remember, blessed Jesus,

Quod sum causa tuae viae,                        That I am the cause of Thy pilgrimage,

Ne me perdas illa die.                                    Do not forsake me on that day.

Quaerens me sedisti lassus,                        Seeking me Thou didst sit down weary,

Redemisti crucem passus,                        Thou didst redeem me, suffering death

Tantus labor non sit cassus                        on the cross.

                                                            Let not such toil be in vain.

Juste judex ultionis                                     Just the avenging judge,

Donum fac remissionis                        Grant remission

Ante diem rationis.                                    Before the day of reckoning.

Ingemisco tamquam reus,                        I groan like a guilty man.

Culpa rubet vultus meus,                        Guilt reddens my face.

Supplicanti parce, Deus.                        Spare a suppliant, O God.

Qui Mariam absolvisti                                    Thou who didst absolve Mary Magdalene

Et latronem exaudisti,                         And didst hearken to the thief,

Mihi quoque spem dedisti.                        To me also hast Thou given hope.

Preces meae non sunt dignae,                        My prayers are not worthy,

Sed tu bonus fac benigne,                        But Thou I Thy merciful goodness grant

Ne perenni cremer igne.                        That I burn not in everlasting fire.

Inter oves locum praesta,                        Place me among Thy sheep

Et ab haedis me sequestra,                        And seperate me from the goats,

Statuens in parte dextra.                        Setting me on Thy right hand.